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ALBERT J. HUGHES AND VILLIAM J. HUGHES, O F LISBON, (DAKOTA TERRITORY,) NORTH DAKOTA.

HAY-LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,865, dated August 5, 1890. Application led September 30, 1889. Serial No. 325,598. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT J. HUGHES and WILLIAM J. HUGHES, of Lisbon, in the county of Ransom, in the Territory of Dakota,

compressed or compact shape, concentrating its delivery so as to be less liable to be scat# tered by the wind and more easily stowed or disposed in its proper place on the load.

board C and around a sprocket wheel or roller E2, and thence obliquely to the sprocket-Wheel E again.

From the sprocket-wheel E the toothed belt I sides of the trough, which belts, being armed with teeth projecting into the trough, serve to compress and raise the hay to the'upper,

end ofthe elevator. In action thc endless have invented a new and useful Improve-l carries the hay gathered by the rake near its 55 ment in Hay-Loaders, of which the following ends to the center, the sprocket Wheels or is a specification. rollers E E being set a little farther to the Our invention is in the nature of an irnA front, so as to forni a converging throat into proved hay-loader, whosc'object is to deliver the elevator-trough, which is formed by the 1o the hay on the load in the smallest and most guide bars C? and the two belts on opposite 6o It consists in the peculiarconstruction and belts travel in the direction of the arrows. 65 arrangement of parts, which we will now pro- To transmit motion to said belts, the shaft 0f ceed to fully describe with reference to the each sprocket Wheel or roller E (see Fig. 3) is drawings,'in which-A extended above the elevated block or frame.

Figurelisaside elevation. Fig.2isaplan` kB, and is provided with a bevel-Wheel d',

zo View. Fig. 3 sadetail in perspective 'of the that engages the bevel-Wheel b of a short 7o gears for operating the toothed belt. Fig. 4. is a perspective view showing 'the construction and arrangement of the clutch.

R is an ordinary horse hay-rake on wheels.

A represents a stout board having elevated blocks or frames B (see Fig. 3) at its ends about twelve inches high. This board corresponds in length to the length of the rake, whose head is hinged at h to the elevated end blocks or frames B. To the middle of the board there is attached at right angles an elevator-board C, which `is of a length sufficient to reach to the top of the load on the wagon. The space above board Aand between blocks B lforms a gathering-chamber for the hay j ust in front of the bend or hollow of the raketeeth, while the board C forms the bottomf of an elevator-trough having sides C C.

To gather the hay from the ends of rake and take it up the elevator-board C, two endless belts, bands, or chains D are employed.

These endless belts have upon their outer faces teeth or tines a, that catch and carry the hay. Each belt is arranged alike in the form of a triangle and passes around a sprocket Wheel or roller E near the outer end of the gathering-frame, passing thence to the middle of the gathering-frame and around a sprocket wheel or roller E near the edge of horizontal shaft c, arranged in bearings in the frame-Work. The outer end of each shaft c is provided with a chain-wheel d, which is connected by a chain e, Figs. l and 2, to a chain-wheel f on each of the drive-wheels of the machine or'loader, so that the motion of the drive-wheels in traveling over the field imparts the necessary motion to the elevatorbelts.

F F are hinged draft-barswhich are hung upon the short axles F2 F2 of the loader in the rear and converge toward the front, and are provided with a hook G for connecting with the wagon. These short axles are rigidly keyed in lugs l l on the elevated frames Band carry the main running-wheels which revolve loosely upon said axles.

G2 is a brace extending from the draft-bars to the elevator. This brace is hinged to the elevatorand passes through a hole in a plate on the front end of the draft-bars, and is provided With a series of holes h2 and abolt b2, by which the angle of the elevator may be adjusted.

I-I is a handle-rod for working the dumping-lever I of the rake and'throwing the machinery out of gear.

In making use of our loader, the hook G of the draft-bars is fastened to the rear end of 5o. board C, and passes thence to the top of the wagon,and the latter being driven across Ico the field the hay is gathered by the rake and then compressed or compacted and raised by the loader onto the wagon in a very simple and convenient'manner and with the expenditure of but little power.

In connection with the driving mechanism for the elevator-belts we propose to employa clutch-gear, so as to connect or disconnect the tion c', and has its other arm connected by chain e2 with the head of the rake R, so that when the rake is raised and the machine is out of action, as shown, the clutch-section c is separated from b', and the motion of shaft c is not imparted to the gathering and elevator belts.

We are aware of the Patent No. 94,782, dated September 14, 1809, in which a pair of triangularly-arranged belts serves to gather Athe hay and an independent belt serves to elevate it, and we do not claim such arrangement. In our device it will be seen that but one pair of belts is used, and these extend along the rake and also up the incline of the elevator-board, so as to perform in a simple and effective manner the several functions of gathering, compressing, and elevating-thehay.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new isl. A hay-loader consisting of a gatheringchamber, an elevator-board C, connected to the middle part of the main frame of the gathering-chamber at right angles thereto, the two sets of rollers E E E2, and two endless belts arranged each in triangular shape about the rollers and extending both along the rake and up the elevator-board and provided with projecting teeth or tines, and means for moving said belts, substantially as shown and described.

.2. The combination of main frame A, having elevated end blocks or frames B, short axles with wheels connected to the end blocks, a rake-head with curved teeth hinged also to the elevated blocks or frames, the converging..Y

wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

ALBERT J. HUGHES.

VVILL'IAM J. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

GILBERT LA DU, THos. J. HARRIS.

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